The World in 2017 app contains The Economist’s annual collection of detailed, numerate and opinionated predictions for the year ahead. The World in 2017 features leading figures from politics, business, finance, science, technology and the arts alongside prominent journalists from The Economist and other leading news publications.

From the editor

Planet Trump • With Donald Trump as America’s 45th president, 2017 will mark the beginning of a new and darker global order, warns Zanny Minton Beddoes

In a nutshell • How the new president will reshape America and the world

Bolshiness is back • The similarities to the world that produced the Russian revolution are too close for comfort, argues Adrian Wooldridge

Lower for longer • The world economy will struggle to gain altitude, forecasts Leo Abruzzese

China’s chairman of everything • Xi Jinping’s autocratic and imperial ambitions should be resisted, argues Simon Long

Blond bombast • Europe’s centrists will prove powerless against populism, predicts Matt Steinglass

At the gates • Like it or not, immigration to the West will rise, predicts Joel Budd

Unsustainability • Where environmental diplomacy has led, firms should follow, argues Miranda Johnson

Apply within • Tom Standage has a stab at identifying the hottest new jobs of 2017

Our selection of events around the world

Trumpquake • The aftershocks of a demagogue’s election will reverberate across America and around the world

To the victors, a mess • Republican congressmen will regret their support for Donald Trump

Making recession great again? • The power and perils of Trumponomics

Cities v states • The new front in America’s culture wars will become ever more apparent

A whole lot of Loving • A time to reflect on the rise of interracial marriage

Canada on a high • Life beyond the honeymoon and the birthday party

Halifax’s explosive history • Lessons of a blast from the past

Red retreat • South Americans will turn away from the left

A newly connected continent • Latin America’s governments will dismantle obstacles to trade

Why Canada opts for openness

The ASEAN way • China’s assertiveness will test the unity of the South-East Asian club, but not to breaking-point

The grey man hangs on • Najib Razak will endure. Too bad for Malaysia

Open up, Japan

Strength in numbers • India, not China, is the giant with momentum

Ins and outs in Oz • Australia's farewell to a national symbol

Ban’s the man • Disenchantment and division will produce a President Ban Ki-moon

Turning Taiwan into a tiger again

Xi’s power struggle • A push to dominate the Communist Party’s ranks

The 20-year itch • A tense election ahead for Hong Kong

A very political economy • Beneath a placid surface, China’s growth model will become strained

The new long march • Ever more Chinese students will head abroad

Macau’s low-rollers • A gamble on China’s middle class

Doing development the Asian way

When IS becomes WAS • In 2017 Islamic State will be defeated. What happens then?

All too combustible • A tour around the region’s flashpoints

Meet Chiran • Iran could follow the Chinese model to become a regional economic power

Lifting the curse • A prolonged slump in commodity prices may do Africa more good than harm

Politics as unusual • Strategy shifts for Kenya’s election

Get out of girls’ way

A lower nuclear threshold • It’s time to start worrying about the bomb again

Uncovered • Our misses in last year’s...